Growing Lavender, Herbs & Vegetables

Do you have "Lavenderitis" and want to plow up your yard or fields and plant lovely Lavender, lots of it?

Check with your local garden club members, go to a meeting and chat about their successes or trials growing Lavender in your area.

Check with your largest garden centre. Do they stock Lavender? What kinds?

Buy a dozen or so plants, different varieties, a couple of each. See how they grow in your backyard - before you plant 1,000 babies. Our Lavender plants are available directly from the farm only. Please come visit us, especially in our Lavender season June-July annually!

See our current Lavender Propagation List.

Growing in Victoria

Victoria generally has a Mediterranean climate. 2009 saw extreme temperatures that put all our Lavender to test! Our normal Winter low of minus 10C (or 14F) dipped to minus 18C (or -0.4F) swiftly killing our Rosemary and fancy French and Spanish Lavenders. Flooding conditions, from melting snow and heavy rains, drown even some hardy Sweet Lavenders in low lying fields ... Summer brought July highs of 37C (or 98.6F) with drought like conditions that were fabulous for developing the essential oils in the blooming Lavender if tough on new plantings. Even for “drought tolerant” Lavenders, surviving is not the same as thriving under these new extremes. Experienced gardeners will be adding supporting TLC in the way of extra water, extra nutrients and fuss as necessary ...

Find lots of growing and gardening tips in Lynda's Gardening Articles from the Metchosin Muse.